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Obama administration releases proposed offshore drilling plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Obama administration today released the proposed offshore drilling program for 2017-2022. The proposed program includes 10 sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one sale each in the…
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Rally Tally: Demanding justice for Honduran activist Berta Ceres
Berta Cáceres ¡presente! On Friday, March 4, Friends of the Earth joined other supporters in front of the U.S. State Department to remember Honduran civil and environmental rights activist Berta Cá…
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Rally Tally: Dozens of activists condemn the murder of Berta Ceres
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth co-sponsored a rally at the UN in New York City for Berta Cáceres and International Woman’s Day. Berta is a well-known indigenous environmental activist who was…
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Bangladesh coal projects put human health and pivotal ecosystem at risk
Communities in Bangladesh are fighting to stop multiple coal projects, which the U.S. Export-Import Bank may finance, from destroying the air they breathe and the natural resources they depend on. Two…
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140,393 Americans ask USDA to stop silencing its scientists
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of food safety, consumer, and environmental groups will deliver 140,393* petition signatures urging the USDA to stop silencing its own scientists and censoring the…
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USDA urged to reform scientific integrity policy after allegations of scientific censorship
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As scrutiny of censorship of federal scientists has grown — including a feature in Sunday’s The Washington Post Magazine — a coalition of more than 50 sustainable ag…
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5 simple reasons to oppose HSBC and Credit Agricole at the Green Climate Fund
Either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, the Board of the Green Climate Fund will decide whether or not banking giants HSBC and Credit Agricole will become “accredited entities” of the G…
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Five days after the murder of Berta Ceres, Honduran authorities have failed to bring justice
Friends of the Earth demands the safe return of Gustavo Castro to Mexico WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the assassination of well-known indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras…
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Massachusetts lawmakers ignore pollinator protection plan supported by 3,000+ beekeepers
BOSTON, MASS. – The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources’ release last Thursday of a proposed state Pollinator Protection Plan has outraged beekeeping leaders across the state who sa…
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Green Climate Fund must say no to partnerships with HSBC, Crédit Agricole
SONGDO, SOUTH KOREA — The Green Climate Fund must not channel its money through two scandal-ridden international commercial banks that are leading funders of the coal industry, say civil society gr…